Julius Randle has had a forgettable year. Injured way early in the season. Unfortunately having to spend it watching his team tank. Lord knows how frustrating that must be. But as every player must do when they’re injured. They need to stay positive. Stay positive and focus on recovering. That is what to do and what Randle has done as he talks to Bleacher Report about his past year.
“It’s easy to just take this as, ‘Oh, I’m hurt. I can’t do anything,’” Randle said in an extended interview with Bleacher Report. “But it’s not like that for me. I want to learn. I want to be as prepared as I can next year.”
“I just sit there and watch games all day. I don’t have anything else to do but sit there and watch games,” he said, chuckling. “League Pass is on all day, so you can watch games all day.
“I’ve watched a lot of basketball, but never this much NBA basketball. You see the pace of play, the flow of the game. Put yourself in positions that you can be in the game. It helps you mentally be prepared to know what to do when you are out there.”
“With how my body is reacting and how I feel,” he said, “I definitely feel like I should be ready for summer league.“
I can’t wait for Randle to come back. I liked watching him in College and at the start of the season. His injury was a damn shame but it seems that he’s used the spare time for teaching himself the game. Sure there’s nothing better than playing but film is the best alternative.
